Apple Iphone 12 Review
So there is a strong chance that on AT&T, the iPhone 13 will have far superior performance to the 12. I have no idea, because I don’t know what Byzantine black magic AT&T will throw into its network next year. If you have an iPhone 11 or earlier, you’ll see a significant improvement in data speeds in poor-signal areas thanks to 4×4 MIMO. This feature was in the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone XS, but not the iPhone 11, XR, or earlier iPhones. I compared iPhone 11 and 12 devices side by side in weak-signal areas in LTE-only mode on T-Mobile, and saw a considerable difference. Oddly, I had trouble running graphics benchmarks on both phones; GFXBench and 3DMark came up with inconsistent and sometimes nonsensical numbers.
Apple tried to help me figure it out and we were both stumped. The new iPhones rely on Face ID for authentication, which has become really annoying in 2020 because it doesn’t recognize the same face with and without a mask. This year’s iPad Air pivots to a fingerprint scanner in the power button, which I love and wish Apple was using here. The phones also still have Lightning ports, but no headphone …